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The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633Multimedia CD– November, 2000

New England Immigrant Researchers, START HERE! Conceived with the goal "to provide a concise, reliable summary of past research on the early immigrants to New England, which will reduce the amount of time which must be spent in discovering past work..." this impressive survey of over one thousand 17th Century immigrants is a MUST HAVE for anyone engaged in early New England research.

Millions of Americans can trace their Old World roots through these original American colonists. Each biographical "sketch" provides a wealth of information with citations to other sources, providing a foundation for further research.

Sketch details include

- Location from which the subject immigrated, date of migration, and the immigrant's first New England residence. - Biographic information such as occupation, church membership, education, civil and military offices, and information about the immigrant's estate. - Information particularly valuable for family history research, including the immigrant's children and dates of births, deaths, and marriages. - - - - Information that doesn't fit under any other section and detailed argumentation needed to prove portions of the profile. The argumentation can establish the identity of a spouse or the complete list of an immigrant's children. The fifth section of a profile lists the most important published treatments of the immigrant and offers a brief evaluation of each source.

Originally published in three volumes, this convenient CD-ROM puts the wealth of data contained in this unparalleled series at your fingertips. Search by name, date, or any other keyword or phrase. Instantly retrieve every record detail, get answers to frequently asked questions, and access help tools to assist you in finding precisely what you've been looking for. The details of your New England heritage are just a click away!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

Searchable by any keyword including date and name, this CD-ROM version of the 3-volume "The Great Migration Begins" is extremely convenient for genealogists to use. It contains information on over 900 early New England families and represents the first phase of the Great Migration Study Project - an effort to identify all those Europeans who settled in New England before 1633.